What happens
Laura Pennington, a plain and lonely young woman, visits Oliver Bashforth, a disfigured war veteran living in a country cottage in England. Oliver, who has sent his family away, is startled when he proposes marriage to her as a way of keeping his relatives at bay. The pair marry, and then both begin to notice a remarkable change in their appearance. Major Hillgrove, a blind friend, is called in to advise them. This episode is part of the Screen Guild Theater series, first broadcast on November 26, 1939, starring Helen Hayes and Frederick March.
A country cottage in England, late 1930s, where Oliver lives alone and later with Laura.
Characters: Laura Pennington, Oliver Bashforth, Mrs. Minnet, Major Hillgrove, Mrs. Smallwood, Mr. Smallwood
Listen for: Listen for Laura's proposal-style exchange with Oliver and the moment the couple first notice their change in appearance.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.